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Monday, September 28, 2015

Review: An April Bride by Lenora Worth

Published
March 25th 2014
by Zondervan
Source: I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewMy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Description:

War changes everything . . . even their love.Bride-to-be
Stella Carson can’t wait to marry her longtime sweetheart Marshall
Henderson. But Marshall has been away serving his country and after
suffering a head wound and being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress
syndrome, he has distanced himself from Stella by asking her not to
visit him in a Washington, D.C. hospital.Marshall returns to
Louisiana just four weeks before the wedding, but as the big day draws
near, Stella wonders if the man she’s loved for most of her life still
wants to marry her.

My Review:

I honestly can't imagine how war can affect a person. Marshall and Stella are planning on getting married when Marshall returns from his service, but a severe wound and amnesia/PTSD complicate their plans.

Stella is absolutely amazing! I kept putting myself in her shoes and wondering if I'd have the guts to go through with a wedding to a man who doesn't seem to remember me. Of course, she is human and those doubts came creeping in. Marshall is pretty amazing himself. He had every chance to walk away and decided since he'd promised something to someone else, he would stay and try to figure it out, but he could only take things so far without coming to a conclusion.

One thing that bothered me--if he couldn't remember her, why didn't he want her to see him all beat up when he was in the hospital? That aside, it was heartwarming to watch a couple work through issues and feelings to really dig down deep and figure out what they love about each other and if a marriage to one another is worth it and the right thing to work for. Such a tender story.

Lenora Worth has written 35 books
for three different publishers. She reached a milestone in 2006 when
she received her 25th book pin from Steeple Hill and Harlequin. Her
books have won both regional and national awards and she now has over 1
million books in print. Currently she is writing both Love Inspired and
Love Inspired Suspense for Steeple Hill. Married to her childhood
sweetheart, Lenora has two grown children. She wrote a weekly opinion
column for five years for the local paper and currently also writes
freelance for a local magazine. Lenora lives in Louisiana.